The PETER SHARP
LEGAL MYSTERIES |
#1: “Single
Jeopardy”
This was the first Peter Sharp Legal Adventure and in it, Attorney Peter Sharp is wrongfully suspended from the practice of law and thrown out of the house by his soon-to-be ex-wife, a newly appointed deputy district attorney. As a result of the eviction, he’s forced to live in their back yard on an old, poorly wired, 40-foot Chris Craft cabin cruiser he’s restoring, that is in danger of burning up at any time.
To
make matters worse, as the result of trying to help someone fill out some
claim forms, he gets arrested for conspiracy to defraud an insurance company.
His alleged co-conspirator, a man charged with murdering his own wife to
be with a beautiful flight attendant, is about to discover that Peter is
also sleeping with her while the man is out of town.As Peter fights to get his law license reinstated, he discovers the secrets behind two murders, a fatal plane crash, and who framed him with the State Bar - all with the help of his legal ward Suzi, an adorable, silent, nine-year-old Chinese girl and her huge Saint Bernard.
While everything else in his life is in turmoil, Peter also gets involved in matters concerning sexual harassment, vexatious litigation, double jeopardy, and a groundbreaking case of negligent nymphomania.
Unlike the brilliant, super-human attorneys created by many current authors, Peter Sharp struggles through each conflict along the way, relying on strategy alone to survive one messy situation after another… usually being pulled out of the quicksand by Suzi’s quick wit and computer wizardry.
